I trust Trump's judgement. I don't think that he would go back there if he was worried about his safety. He's got the true heart of a lion.
Donald Trump to Return to Butler, Pennsylvania, After Shooting
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beautress
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Guys trained to be Marines do not shoot at American citizens going about their business, nor would they shoot a US President. Marines are heroes and true to the American people's welfare. They are true to their training also.
Carl in Michigan
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It's a VERY GOOD idea. God bless President TrumpI don't think this is a good idea.
Donald Trump announces return to Butler, Pennsylvania, after shooting
The former president and Republican nominee survived an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Butler on July 13.www.newsweek.com
Donald Trump Returns to Butler, Pennsylvania, After Shooting
"I WILL BE GOING BACK TO BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, FOR A BIG AND BEAUTIFUL RALLY, HONORING THE SOUL OF OUR BELOVED FIREFIGHTING HERO, COREY, AND THOSE BRAVE PATRIOTS INJURED TWO WEEKS AGO," Trump wrote.
Saw this...................
Watch: ABC News' exclusive first interview with the local SWAT team on the ground during Trump's assassination attempt, airs in its entirety on "Good Morning America" on Monday, July 29, at 7 a.m. ET.
The local SWAT team assigned to help protect former President Donald Trump on July 13 had not had any contact with the Secret Service agents in charge of security before a would-be assassin opened fire, those officers told ABC News.
It was a critical part of the planning and communications failures that ended with a gunman killing one man, critically injuring two more and wounding Trump as he delivered a speech just days before accepting the Republican presidential nomination.
"We were supposed to get a face-to-face briefing with the Secret Service members whenever they arrived, and that never happened," said Jason Woods, lead sharpshooter on the SWAT team in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
"So I think that was probably a pivotal point, where I started thinking things were wrong because it never happened," Woods said. "We had no communication."
In their first public comments since the assassination attempt, the SWAT team on the ground that day and their supervisors spoke exclusively with ABC News Senior Investigative Correspondent Aaron Katersky. It is the first time any key law enforcement personnel on-site July 13 have offered first-hand accounts of what occurred.
MORE: FBI says bullet struck Trump's ear during assassination attempt
They explained that they did what they could to try to thwart the attack but now have to live with the failure.
The episode last week led to the resignation of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle. And, in the wake of the assassination attempt, a series of law-enforcement, internal and congressional probes have been announced – with communications and coordination a key focus of investigators' attention.
The Secret Service, whose on-site team was supplemented as usual by local, county and state law-enforcement agencies, was ultimately responsible for security at the event.
Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi declined to respond directly to the comments from Woods and his colleagues. He said the agency "is committed to better understanding what happened before, during, and after the assassination attempt of former President Trump to ensure that never happens again. That includes complete cooperation with Congress, the FBI and other relevant investigations."
Woods told ABC News he would have expected to have seen more coordination with the Secret Service and to have had greater communication between their team on the ground that day and the agents with Trump's detail. The first communication between their group and the Secret Service agents on the scene that day, he said, was "not until after the shooting. By then, he said, "it was too late."
MORE: Secret Service spotted Trump rally shooter on roof 20 minutes before gunfire erupted
Woods and the rest of the Beaver County sniper team were in position by mid-morning July 13, hours before Trump was set to take the stage at the Butler Farm Show grounds, outside Pittsburgh. The site is studded by a complex of warehouses, some clustered just outside the position where metal detectors were set up that day.
Gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, sparked suspicion among the Beaver County SWAT team but was still able to evade law enforcement and take position on the roof of the very building where county snipers had been posted. Though their sniper had taken pictures of Crooks and had called into Command about the suspicious presence -- within an hour Crooks opened fire on the former president less than 200 yards from the stage.
Beaver County Chief Detective Patrick Young, who runs the Emergency Services Unit and SWAT team, said collaboration is key when lives are on the line.
"I believe our team did everything humanly possible that day," Young said. "We talk a lot on SWAT that we as individuals mean nothing until we come together as a team."
Watch: ABC News' exclusive first interview with the local SWAT team on the ground during Trump's assassination attempt, airs in its entirety on "Good Morning America" on Monday, July 29, at 7 a.m. ET.
The local SWAT team assigned to help protect former President Donald Trump on July 13 had not had any contact with the Secret Service agents in charge of security before a would-be assassin opened fire, those officers told ABC News.
It was a critical part of the planning and communications failures that ended with a gunman killing one man, critically injuring two more and wounding Trump as he delivered a speech just days before accepting the Republican presidential nomination.
"We were supposed to get a face-to-face briefing with the Secret Service members whenever they arrived, and that never happened," said Jason Woods, lead sharpshooter on the SWAT team in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
"So I think that was probably a pivotal point, where I started thinking things were wrong because it never happened," Woods said. "We had no communication."
In their first public comments since the assassination attempt, the SWAT team on the ground that day and their supervisors spoke exclusively with ABC News Senior Investigative Correspondent Aaron Katersky. It is the first time any key law enforcement personnel on-site July 13 have offered first-hand accounts of what occurred.
MORE: FBI says bullet struck Trump's ear during assassination attempt
They explained that they did what they could to try to thwart the attack but now have to live with the failure.
The episode last week led to the resignation of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle. And, in the wake of the assassination attempt, a series of law-enforcement, internal and congressional probes have been announced – with communications and coordination a key focus of investigators' attention.
The Secret Service, whose on-site team was supplemented as usual by local, county and state law-enforcement agencies, was ultimately responsible for security at the event.
Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi declined to respond directly to the comments from Woods and his colleagues. He said the agency "is committed to better understanding what happened before, during, and after the assassination attempt of former President Trump to ensure that never happens again. That includes complete cooperation with Congress, the FBI and other relevant investigations."
Woods told ABC News he would have expected to have seen more coordination with the Secret Service and to have had greater communication between their team on the ground that day and the agents with Trump's detail. The first communication between their group and the Secret Service agents on the scene that day, he said, was "not until after the shooting. By then, he said, "it was too late."
MORE: Secret Service spotted Trump rally shooter on roof 20 minutes before gunfire erupted
Woods and the rest of the Beaver County sniper team were in position by mid-morning July 13, hours before Trump was set to take the stage at the Butler Farm Show grounds, outside Pittsburgh. The site is studded by a complex of warehouses, some clustered just outside the position where metal detectors were set up that day.
Gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, sparked suspicion among the Beaver County SWAT team but was still able to evade law enforcement and take position on the roof of the very building where county snipers had been posted. Though their sniper had taken pictures of Crooks and had called into Command about the suspicious presence -- within an hour Crooks opened fire on the former president less than 200 yards from the stage.
Beaver County Chief Detective Patrick Young, who runs the Emergency Services Unit and SWAT team, said collaboration is key when lives are on the line.
"I believe our team did everything humanly possible that day," Young said. "We talk a lot on SWAT that we as individuals mean nothing until we come together as a team."
JoeB131
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Wow, all this finger pointing...
Sounds like everyone kind of screwed up here.
Sounds like everyone kind of screwed up here.
Not really. Sounds like the xiden/harris admin can’t do their basic job.
Facts beat speculation by a mile.
JoeB131
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Protecting Trump from his crazy fans isn't their job.
JoeB131
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Except we have the facts.
A crazy conservative with a gun took a pot shot at Trump because he wanted to be famous.
I'm actually surprised it doesn't happen more often.
Now, if we could only get you nutters to care as much about a room full of dead preschoolers as you do about Trump's ear owie.
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I don't think this is a good idea.
Donald Trump announces return to Butler, Pennsylvania, after shooting
The former president and Republican nominee survived an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Butler on July 13.Donald Trump Returns to Butler, Pennsylvania, After Shooting
"I WILL BE GOING BACK TO BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, FOR A BIG AND BEAUTIFUL RALLY, HONORING THE SOUL OF OUR BELOVED FIREFIGHTING HERO, COREY, AND THOSE BRAVE PATRIOTS INJURED TWO WEEKS AGO," Trump wrote.
It is a good idea and I fully expected he would go back.
Going back shows he isn't a coward, he is strong, determined and won't run away. It's a power move to be sure.
Trump has balls that clank. And that's what America needs now more than ever, it's that kind of man and woman that took america from nothing to the world super power in record time.
For the record I wouldn't want to go back there if it was me so Trump really has a whole lot of guts.
Carl in Michigan
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He's mainly doing it to honor the man who was murdered and the other two who were shot. THIS is a man of the people. This is a man who gives a damn about others
Protecting the former president, and nominees is literally their job
But of course they didn’t, cause xiden ordered his base to put him in a bullseye, and an actblue donor tried to do just that.
Explains why they failed
Here's one fact: No you don't.
Dead because of archaic gun free zones, created by the touchy feely left?
Keep on hoping......
Who says the guys a conservative?
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Pennsylvania SWAT officer says team had no contact with Secret Service before Trump rally shooting
A member of the SWAT team at former President Trump's July 13 rally said that there was "no communication" between their team and the Secret Service.
www.foxnews.com
Carl in Michigan
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Everything points to a planned assassination by the current administration
Or another colossal government FU.......'I'm from the government, we're here to help'.
I need more information before I jump on that.
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Trump was struck by bullet in assassination attempt, FBI says
The FBI said Friday that Donald Trump was hit by a bullet, or a fragment from one, fired by the would-be assassin at his Pennsylvania rally earlier this month.
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You wish I sounded disappointed, so you would have something to cry like a little b- about.
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